Yale c/o 2018 (2014-2015 Applicants) Forum

[buckeyeinbangkok]

Anyone know how many people are in the admitted students Facebook group at this point?

164 members.

Sorry to everyone who got dinged

To those of us are still holding on (complete 12/20), what is the likelihood of ding/WL/admit? If 164 students are in the FB group, and they accept around 250 every year, can we assume anyone remaining has an 11 and will be either accepted and the remainder WL? Do people think they've gone through and scored every application? It seems likely given that we had March applicants rejected in the last ding wave. That leads me to think anyone remaining has a decent shot at a WL, at least.

I feel really nerdy for knowing this, but I looked at the past two cycles for people who submitted between 10/30 and 12/16 (my submission date was between then) and here's what I found for people who didn't get dinged during the major ding wave in Feb or major ding wave in April:

During the 2013-2014 cycle, there were 7 total applicants not dinged during those two first waves. 2 were accepted, 3 were waitlisted, and 2 were rejected.

During the 2012-2013 cycle, there were 13 total applicants not dinged during the first two waves. 2 were accepted, 10 were waitlisted, and 1 was rejected.

I may have missed a couple applicants, but I think I got nearly all of them. Also, there was pretty wide variation in the waitlist/acceptance/rejection dates for these applicants, but most were mid April, a couple of weeks after the major April ding wave.

No, this is awesome information. Thank you for looking into it! It makes me feel a bit less nervous. I wonder from the waitlists then how many were taken off before the school year started? Is there a way to find that out?

[hillz]

I feel really nerdy for knowing this, but I looked at the past two cycles for people who submitted between 10/30 and 12/16 (my submission date was between then) and here's what I found for people who didn't get dinged during the major ding wave in Feb or major ding wave in April:

During the 2013-2014 cycle, there were 7 total applicants not dinged during those two first waves. 2 were accepted, 3 were waitlisted, and 2 were rejected.

During the 2012-2013 cycle, there were 13 total applicants not dinged during the first two waves. 2 were accepted, 10 were waitlisted, and 1 was rejected.

I may have missed a couple applicants, but I think I got nearly all of them. Also, there was pretty wide variation in the waitlist/acceptance/rejection dates for these applicants, but most were mid April, a couple of weeks after the major April ding wave.

No, this is awesome information. Thank you for looking into it! It makes me feel a bit less nervous. I wonder from the waitlists then how many were taken off before the school year started? Is there a way to find that out?

Yes, search for something like "T14 waitlist data" and you should find a thread with tons of data on what happened to applicants after being waitlisted. I would search for it for you but I am on my phone right now and the small screen makes things tricky!

[sneakyleo]

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[buckeyeinbangkok]

I feel really nerdy for knowing this, but I looked at the past two cycles for people who submitted between 10/30 and 12/16 (my submission date was between then) and here's what I found for people who didn't get dinged during the major ding wave in Feb or major ding wave in April:

During the 2013-2014 cycle, there were 7 total applicants not dinged during those two first waves. 2 were accepted, 3 were waitlisted, and 2 were rejected.

During the 2012-2013 cycle, there were 13 total applicants not dinged during the first two waves. 2 were accepted, 10 were waitlisted, and 1 was rejected.

I may have missed a couple applicants, but I think I got nearly all of them. Also, there was pretty wide variation in the waitlist/acceptance/rejection dates for these applicants, but most were mid April, a couple of weeks after the major April ding wave.

No, this is awesome information. Thank you for looking into it! It makes me feel a bit less nervous. I wonder from the waitlists then how many were taken off before the school year started? Is there a way to find that out?

Yes, search for something like "T14 waitlist data" and you should find a thread with tons of data on what happened to applicants after being waitlisted. I would search for it for you but I am on my phone right now and the small screen makes things tricky!

Yeah you were totally right. http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 2&t=225363

• During the past three cycles, 38 applicants on LSN at/above that cycle’s LSAT median and at/above that cycle’s GPA median were straight admits while 23 were waitlisted. Of those waitlisted applicants, 4 withdrew from the waitlist and 4 were eventually admitted (21.1% staying on waitlist were admitted).
• During the past three cycles, 27 applicants on LSN at/above that cycle’s LSAT median and below that cycle’s GPA median were straight admits while 34 were waitlisted. Of those waitlisted applicants, 11 withdrew from the waitlist and 1 were eventually admitted (4.3% staying on waitlist were admitted).
• During the past three cycles, 10 applicants on LSN below that cycle’s LSAT median and at/above that cycle’s GPA median were straight admits while 17 were waitlisted. Of those waitlisted applicants, 8 withdrew from the waitlist and 1 were eventually admitted (11.1% staying on waitlist were admitted).
• During the past three cycles, 10 applicants on LSN below that cycle’s LSAT median and below that cycle’s GPA median were straight admits while 22 were waitlisted. Of those waitlisted applicants, 5 withdrew from the waitlist and 1 were eventually admitted (5.9% staying on waitlist were admitted).
• During the past three cycles, 12 applicants on LSN URM were straight admits while 18 were waitlisted. Of those waitlisted applicants, 7 withdrew from the waitlist and 0 were eventually admitted (0% staying on waitlist were admitted).

TLS is amazing.

[zhenders]

Much love to these last few posts. TLS is cool indeed.

[WhoReviewedThis]

So.... motion today? More dings? WLs? Maybe... acceptances???

Had a dream last night I found an acceptance letter taped to my door when I walked outside that had been initially mailed to my old address but had somehow been forwarded to me here and I was like "Hmmm, I thought they always called..."

Bummer status when I woke up. Another day of heart stopping every time an email pops up on my phone...

[RandomDude]

Could be worse. At least YLS is doing it in waves. SLS seems to be on the one-a-day schedule, similar to how I imagine chinese water torture would feel...

[AOT]

I'm not sure if Yale has got to us super procrastinators yet. There's a few people here who went complete mid March and havent been dinged

[DK21]

So.... motion today? More dings? WLs? Maybe... acceptances???

Had a dream last night I found an acceptance letter taped to my door when I walked outside that had been initially mailed to my old address but had somehow been forwarded to me here and I was like "Hmmm, I thought they always called..."

Bummer status when I woke up. Another day of heart stopping every time an email pops up on my phone...

Last night my phone was for some reason set on super loud, and I got an email at 1am. It woke up me and I thought for sure I was rejected.

Definitely am jittery today.

[jimmyjustice]

Had a dream last night I found an acceptance letter taped to my door when I walked outside that had been initially mailed to my old address but had somehow been forwarded to me here and I was like "Hmmm, I thought they always called..."

Bummer status when I woke up. Another day of heart stopping every time an email pops up on my phone...

Funny, I had a dream last night that I got like three different waitlist emails from them all at once that just bombarded my phone. This whole process has made me afraid to check my email, and jump whenever my phone rings.

Honestly, I'd even be happy with a waitlist. If only for that being a good sign for the schools I applied to. Surely if Yale thinks I'm good enough for their waitlist, other schools will think I'm good enough to be accepted?

[zhenders]

On March 31st of 2014, 203 tweeted something along the lines of, "bad news at the beginning of the week, good news at the end of the week".

So sayeth the twitter tea leaves.

[anxiousAF]

This whole cycle, the fact that decisions and dings can be communicated through email has made me a nervous wreck. I am very frequently on or checking my iphone, and I need email notifications active for work. Every time I glance down it's like "this could be the time" and every email I receive makes my heart sink. What happened to the good ol' days of waiting for snail mail? This instant gratification is killing me. /rant

[stoopkid13]

Did anyone else who got dinged yesterday notice the grammar error? They hypercorrected "who" to "whom." Not that I'm bitter or anything...

sobs...

[zhenders]

This whole cycle, the fact that decisions and dings can be communicated through email has made me a nervous wreck. I am very frequently on or checking my iphone, and I need email notifications active for work. Every time I glance down it's like "this could be the time" and every email I receive makes my heart sink. What happened to the good ol' days of waiting for snail mail? This instant gratification is killing me. /rant

I feel this so intensely. Uncertainty combined with the ability to tap into that uncertainty at will is psychologically brutal.

We literally ARE B.F. Skinner's damned pigeons; application cycles have morphed into giant Operant Conditioning chambers.

[WhoReviewedThis]

Because the ding wave went out at 1 PM yesterday, I've got this sick feeling creeping towards it that makes the idea of lunch very unappealing.

[Nathanael]

You guys are like the people who play the lottery as a personal finance strategy.

Don't stress out about whether or not you'll get into Yale! It's not worth it.

[Indy16]

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[WhoReviewedThis]

Because the ding wave went out at 1 PM yesterday, I've got this sick feeling creeping towards it that makes the idea of lunch very unappealing.

If it makes you feel any better, last year's ding wave was as big as this years (there were ~45 on lsn as of last night) and was followed by acceptances.

It does make me feel better. Thank you.

As for being like lottery players, N, I don't really think that's true... We're just TLS. This is what we do. We pool our collective neurosis to feel like we have a little more control over something that's completely out of our hands.

[qwertyTLS]

Is it reasonable to expect a decision within the next week?

From LSN (13-14 cycle):
3/27 (Thurs) - 1 acceptance
3/28 (Fri) - 1 acceptance
3/31 (Mon) - 1 acceptance, 44 rejections, 1 waitlist
4/2 (Weds) - 4 acceptances
4/3 (Thurs) - 1 acceptance, 2 rejections
4/5 (Sat) - 3 acceptances
4/6 (Sun) - 1 acceptance
4/7 (Mon) - 2 acceptances
4/10 (Thurs) - 4 rejections
4/11 (Fri) - 2 rejections, 17 waitlists
4/17 (Thurs) - 1 rejection, 1 waitlist

It seems like there's still a lot of us waiting (I assumed I'd be rejected by now). what does that mean - mostly WL and some acceptances left? were there any other rejections later than 4/17? when will we see another big rejection wave?

[zhenders]

Edited out; thought better of the comment (more PM appropriate).

[LoganCouture]

Is it reasonable to expect a decision within the next week?

From LSN (13-14 cycle):
3/27 (Thurs) - 1 acceptance
3/28 (Fri) - 1 acceptance
3/31 (Mon) - 1 acceptance, 44 rejections, 1 waitlist
4/2 (Weds) - 4 acceptances
4/3 (Thurs) - 1 acceptance, 2 rejections
4/5 (Sat) - 3 acceptances
4/6 (Sun) - 1 acceptance
4/7 (Mon) - 2 acceptances
4/10 (Thurs) - 4 rejections
4/11 (Fri) - 2 rejections, 17 waitlists
4/17 (Thurs) - 1 rejection, 1 waitlist

It seems like there's still a lot of us waiting (I assumed I'd be rejected by now). what does that mean - mostly WL and some acceptances left? were there any other rejections later than 4/17? when will we see another big rejection wave?

Although LSN and the Yale '17 thread has nothing later than 4/17, I saw the following on the TLS Yale '17 waitlist thread:
5/8 - 2 WL -> Accept
7/1 - 1 WL -> Accept

[qwertyTLS]

thanks lc39!

[buckeyeinbangkok]

If it makes you feel any better, last year's ding wave was as big as this years (there were ~45 on lsn as of last night) and was followed by acceptances.

Is it reasonable to expect a decision within the next week?

From LSN (13-14 cycle):
3/27 (Thurs) - 1 acceptance
3/28 (Fri) - 1 acceptance
3/31 (Mon) - 1 acceptance, 44 rejections, 1 waitlist
4/2 (Weds) - 4 acceptances
4/3 (Thurs) - 1 acceptance, 2 rejections
4/5 (Sat) - 3 acceptances
4/6 (Sun) - 1 acceptance
4/7 (Mon) - 2 acceptances
4/10 (Thurs) - 4 rejections
4/11 (Fri) - 2 rejections, 17 waitlists
4/17 (Thurs) - 1 rejection, 1 waitlist

All of this does actually make me feel much better. We survived the (hopefully) last major ding wave, so it seems, according to LSN, that anyone left has a decent shot at acceptance/WL.

Or maybe we'll all be dinged tomorrow and it's pointless. Only Asha really knows.

[MustaphaMond]

If it makes you feel any better, last year's ding wave was as big as this years (there were ~45 on lsn as of last night) and was followed by acceptances.

Is it reasonable to expect a decision within the next week?

From LSN (13-14 cycle):
3/27 (Thurs) - 1 acceptance
3/28 (Fri) - 1 acceptance
3/31 (Mon) - 1 acceptance, 44 rejections, 1 waitlist
4/2 (Weds) - 4 acceptances
4/3 (Thurs) - 1 acceptance, 2 rejections
4/5 (Sat) - 3 acceptances
4/6 (Sun) - 1 acceptance
4/7 (Mon) - 2 acceptances
4/10 (Thurs) - 4 rejections
4/11 (Fri) - 2 rejections, 17 waitlists
4/17 (Thurs) - 1 rejection, 1 waitlist

All of this does actually make me feel much better. We survived the (hopefully) last major ding wave, so it seems, according to LSN, that anyone left has a decent shot at acceptance/WL.

Or maybe we'll all be dinged tomorrow and it's pointless. Only Asha really knows.

I don't read the tea leaves quite so fortuitously but for the morning I'm down to mentally inhabit a world where you're right.

[WhoReviewedThis]

All of this does actually make me feel much better. We survived the (hopefully) last major ding wave, so it seems, according to LSN, that anyone left has a decent shot at acceptance/WL.

Or maybe we'll all be dinged tomorrow and it's pointless. Only Asha really knows.

Given that the staff have a holiday today, today is probably a ding holiday too. And probably more silence...

Le sigh. I have a symposium in Chicago my advisor wants me to go to that's during Yale ASD, and I don't really want to book the tickets to go on the off-chance I get in.

Though admittedly I don't have much reason to "visit," since I have been living in New Haven for 5 years.